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Why Innovation Labs Fail, and How to Ensure Yours Doesn’t
Incubators Digital ArticleSetting up a research hub is easy. Setting it up to succeed is harder. -
The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail
Change management ResearchResults from a study of 1,350 companies. -
One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren't Compatible
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWhen tight and loose cultures merge, they often clash. -
Why CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful
Customer experience Digital ArticleUse them to improve the sales process, not just evaluate it. -
Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China
Competitive strategy ResearchA comprehensive five-year study reveals a set of common mistakes. -
Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn't Just for Recruiting
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's not the only startup to make that mistake. -
5 Steps to Help Yourself Recover from a Setback
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAn exercise in counterfactual thinking. -
What Big Companies Can Learn from Shark Tank
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBy utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products. -
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleWe are programmed at an early age to think that failure is bad. That belief prevents organizations from effectively learning from their missteps. -
Why Hard-Nosed Executives Should Care About Management Theory
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTheory often gets a bum rap among managers because it's associated with the word "theoretical," which connotes "impractical." But it shouldn't. Because... -
The Art of Admitting Failure
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis post is part of HBR's special issue on failure. When it comes to business, we are incredibly unaccepting and fearful of making mistakes. And forget... -
Set Up to Fail: Economist Paul Ormerod on Strategy and Extinction
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost organizations bend over backward to avoid failure. They shouldn't, says economist Paul Ormerod. History shows that failure and success are inherently... -
Finding Your Company's Second Act
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAccelerating technological improvements have changed the speed with which new innovations penetrate markets. Graphed over time, the market adoption of... -
Don’t Be a Hypocrite About Failure
Career coaching Digital ArticleOwn up to your shortcomings. -
Seven Ways to Fail Big
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhat causes companies to fail spectacularly? A recent study of 750 of the biggest U.S. business disasters of the past 25 years reveals that seven popular... -
Use Failure to Grow Your Business
Strategy & Execution VideoRita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor, explains how companies can plan and pursue an aggressive growth agenda by framing their strategic growth... -
The Positive Power of Failure
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThis post is part of HBR's special issue on failure. This post was written with Mark Sebell and Jay Terwilliger, managing partners at Creative Realities,... -
3 Reasons New Coaches and Consultants Fail
Career coaching Digital ArticleOne mistake: Not taking low-fee, brand-building work early on. -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
The Scary Truth About Corporate Survival
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNew research shows that companies really are failing faster than they used to: In particular, digital companies are far more vulnerable to quick imitation...
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Quibi: The Failure of Hollywood's "Next Big Thing"
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Following its official launch on April 6, 2020, Quibi, a mobile-only short-form video streaming platform that had raised over $1.7 billion had failed... -
Proday: Calling the Right Play
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app - Proday, a home fitness... -
Classic Fixtures & Hardware Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study1.00View Details Classic Fixtures & Hardware Company is a nationally-known manufacturer and distributor of kitchen and bathroom fixtures and trim, as well as lock sets... -
Lyondell Chemical Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Hit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of the world's largest... -
Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ever since ex-Ben and Jerry's CEO Perry Odak took over as CEO of Wild Oats in 2001, he has been trying to turn the company around. After some apparent... -
Beroni Group: Managing GP- LP Relationships
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the issues arising in Private Equity Partnerships once multiple funds have been raised and are being managed by the same set of partners.... -
Katerra (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In April 2020, Katerra executives struggled with a series of decisions that would determine the fate of one of the best-funded construction startups in... -
Schlitterbahn: Tragedy at the Waterpark
Management Case Study11.95View Details Jeff Henry, owner of and creative visionary behind Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts, created one of the most sought-after water park companies in the... -
Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the challenges in implementing fair value accounting for mortgage instruments, the role of accounting in the sub-prime crisis, and... -
Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details From 1995 to 1999, the U.S. experienced a period of tremendous growth in its information technology (IT) sector. The IT industry, although it accounted... -
Tata Nano's Execution Failure: How the People's Car Failed to Reshape the Auto Industry and Create New Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the... -
Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition... -
Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center ("SMC") in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital's internal network... -
Lehman Brothers: Too Big to Fail?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In September 2008, Hank Paulson, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Tim Geithner, President... -
Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The June 2013 bankruptcy of the city of Detroit, Michigan was, at the time, the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. Detroit had struggled... -
Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner
Strategy & Execution Book30.00View Details If you're aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better? Whether you're rolling out a new product from a city-view office... -
Successes and Failures of Amazon's Growth Strategies: Causes and Consequences
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On 30 May 2017, Amazon shares traded at a record high - above $1,000 - surpassing the share price of Google parent Alphabet. Started as an online bookstore... -
Cooptex: Reinventing Itself
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In August 2015, the managing director of the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society Ltd. (Co-optex), an Indian state handloom co-operative,... -
Studio Realty
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Studio Realty created an "electronic open house" technology, by which home buyers sitting in a comfortable setting, could tour a home, viewing its rooms,... -
Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design
Management Case Study5.00View Details In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking...
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Quibi: The Failure of Hollywood's "Next Big Thing"
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Following its official launch on April 6, 2020, Quibi, a mobile-only short-form video streaming platform that had raised over $1.7 billion had failed... -
Why Innovation Labs Fail, and How to Ensure Yours Doesn’t
Incubators Digital ArticleSetting up a research hub is easy. Setting it up to succeed is harder. -
The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail
Change management ResearchResults from a study of 1,350 companies. -
Proday: Calling the Right Play
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app - Proday, a home fitness... -
How Small Service Failures Drive Customer Defection: Introducing the Concept of Microfailures
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleService that falls below customer expectations is framed as a service failure. While many researchers have investigated service failures, they have tended... -
How to Communicate in a Crisis — and How Not To
Leadership AudioIf you’re trying to lead your team through a crisis, this episode is for you. -
One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren't Compatible
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWhen tight and loose cultures merge, they often clash. -
Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleToday's managers face a paradox. On the one hand, the number of tools, techniques, and technologies available to improve operational performance is growing... -
Classic Fixtures & Hardware Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study1.00View Details Classic Fixtures & Hardware Company is a nationally-known manufacturer and distributor of kitchen and bathroom fixtures and trim, as well as lock sets...